Swingate: once The Queen Adelaide
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Swingate: once The Queen Adelaide
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 5 Jul 2016
I have clear childhood memories, from the 1950s, of the pub's name painted in big white letters on its slate roof, something Kimberley Brewery was fond of. It has recently become a house and its windows have been altered. New houses have been built on its car park (offstage left). According to the Ilkcam website it was originally a lace factory, built in 1816, became a pub in the 1870s and was acquired by Hanson's in 1891. Alan Murray-Rust photographed the pub in November 2007: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.989473
Longitude
-1.255562